The Justin Files, 10/24 Weekly Wrap Up

Reunited and it feels so good
So now that it looks like Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer are actually back together, what's changed? According to sources, Jen asked the music man to be less messy, try to cut back on the chain smoking and drinking, and to stop blogging about their personal life. He's also apparently written her a love song. They did not get back together, according to her publicist, due to a pregnancy.

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Got'cha last!
Apparently country artist Brad Paisley is quite the prankster and Jewel was his victim on more than one occasion on his recent tour. Well, the Alaskan songstress got her revenge last week when Brad was arrested immediately upon disembarking from his plane in Nashville, put into handcuffs and hustled into a police car to his protests of, "I've never done anything wrong in my life!!". Upon learning that the whole thing was set up by Jewel, he was a good sport about it and responded, "this is the best I've ever been had".

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What's the point if you can't brag?
Remember a couple months ago when those racy pictures of underage popstar Miley Cyrus hit the internet after allegedly being stolen from her personal email and MySpace accounts? This week the FBI raided the home of the 19 year old computer hacker who was responsible. So how did they catch him? He bragged about it, of course. He posted about the deed on internet discussion boards, commenting that he'd never get caught.

Oops.

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Quick Hits
* Britney's next comeback attempt will be televised. After a bidding war with The Today Show, the pop princess will appear on Good Morning America on her birthday, December 2nd.

* Lindsay Lohan's guest stint on Ugly Betty has been cut from six episodes to four. Sources allege bad on-set behavior ranging from constant chain smoking, to a huge entourage, and her refusal to step on the set until star America Ferrara was present. The same source also claims that her dressing room was left a disaster area. Her rep has, of course, denied the stories of bizarre behavior.

* In the wake of the announcement of David Duchovny's pending divorce, London's Daily Mail claimed that Tea Leoni wasn't the only one being unfaithful. They said that the former X-Files star was having an affair with his 28 year old tennis coach. Not only is he denying the story, but he's denying it to the tune of $1 million...he's suing the paper for defamation and invasion of privacy.

The Justin Files, 10/17 Weekly Wrap Up

Don't say we didn't call it
Remember months ago when all the gossip shows, blogs, articles, etc were speculating about the breakup of Madonna and Guy Ritchie's marriage? Well, what we knew back in the summer is now official, her spokesperson confirmed the split. Of course the story has snowballed since then with some interesting details coming out:

*Apparently Guy claims to have no interest in getting any of Madonna's alleged half a billion dollar fortune.

*At her Boston concert earlier this week she introduced a song that is allegedly about her soon to be ex by saying that the tune is, "for the emotionally retarded".

*At her Madison Square Garden show last weekend who was front and center? If you guessed New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, you get a cookie.

Obviously this is a developing story.

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Sick celebs
A number of celebrities had bad weeks as far as health goes. First of all, we finally know what Janet Jackson's "mystery illness" is. According to a spokesperson she is suffering from "vestibular migraines" which give her a sensation of vertigo. Not exactly conducive to singing and dancing around a stage.

Actor Gale Harold, who's playing Teri Hatcher's new boyfriend on the current season of Desperate Housewives was in a serious motorcycle accident earlier this week and was suffering from a broken shoulder and swelling of the brain. According to reports he is improving but is still in the intensive care unit.

Former first lady Nancy Reagan took a spill last week at her home and went to the hospital after a few days only to find out that she sustained a broken pelvis. She was checked out at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center...I wonder if she gets free lifetime treatment there.

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Is Ringo's phone ringing too much?
Former Beatle Ringo Starr posted a video message on his website earlier this week begging fans to stop sending him mail and asking for autographs. In fact he said that anything he gets that is postmarked after October 20th will be thrown out. He claims to just be too darn busy living off the residual talent of the other three.

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Quick Hits
* Rumors of another pregnancy for Britney's little sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, are heating up. The family has officially denied the stories but a "source close to the family" (naturally) claims that the rumors are true and that they're just buying time to decide how to deal with the press.

* The economic crisis apparently isn't hurting Disney. According to reports they're working on another installment of Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp's rumored paycheck? A cool $55.8 million.

* Another celebrity split was confirmed this week; only days after leaving rehab for sex addiction, David Duchovny announced his separation from his wife of 11 years, actress Tea Leoni. The interesting part of the story, the split apparently wasn't due to his issues, reports say that he found racy text messages from Billy Bob Thornton on his soon to be ex-wife's cell phone.

The Justin Files, 10/3 Weekly Wrap Up

A Hollywood legend passes
The big story this week was the death of Hollywood icon Paul Newman of cancer at 83 years old. An elder statesman of Hollywood, Newman's iconic roles included Coolhand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and more recently his Oscar winning turn in Road to Perdition. He used his fame and fortune to become a selfless philanthropist by supporting a number of charities through his Newman's Own Foundation. Over the years, the foundation has given over $250 million to charity. Even in the absence of it's founder, the foundation will continue to operate and give to worthy causes.

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Heath's daughter inherits his estate
As expected, Heath Ledger's father announced that the late star's 2 year old daughter, Matilda, will inherit his entire estate. However, an insurance company is fighting the 8 digit payout on his life insurance policy, arguing that his death may have been a suicide.

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"Movie star car for auction, may need some body work"
Movie memorabilia has become a big business. Just ask the guy who shelled out over a third of a million dollars for an Aston Martin from the upcoming James Bond movie. The only catch? You won't see the buyer tooling around in the super-spy's ride anytime soon. The vehicle was wrecked during production.

By the way, the $350,000 price tag for the totaled sedan is about $120,000 more than a shiny new Aston Martin would cost.

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Quick Hits
* Britney Spears apparently didn't learn any lessons from Paris Hilton and Pamela Anderson, specifically not to have video cameras around during intimate moments. Her former boyfriend, paparazzo Adnan Galib, is apparently peddling a sex tape featuring him and Britney to the highest bidder.

* It looks like we'll be getting at least two more Spider-Man movies. Star Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi have signed on for two more installments, and Kirsten Dunst has confirmed her involvement in at least one more. Production on parts 4 and 5 starts next Fall.

* Music news roundup - A rumor from a couple weeks ago has been confirmed, Bruce Springsteen will be playing the Superbowl halftime show on Feb 1st. Also, David Archuleta will be trying his hand at acting. This week he filmed a guest spot on Nickelodeon kiddie series iCarly, set to air in the Spring.

* Heather Locklear had a bad weekend, on Saturday she was arrested for driving under the influence of a prescription drug when a 911 caller allegedly spotted the star driving erratically.

The Justin Files, 9/26 Weekly Wrap Up

Some interesting Emmy night notes
There weren't any huge surprises or giant upsets this year at the Emmys, but there were some things of note:

* AMC's Mad Men became the first basic cable show to win one of the major awards, Best Drama Series.

* 30 Rock cleaned up with four wins, including trophies for Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin.

* Jeremy Piven got the hat trick with his 3rd consecutive award for Entourage.

* Other repeats went to The Daily Show and The Amazing Race, both winning their 6th awards in a row.

* The inaugural best reality show host Emmy went to Survivor's Jeff Probst.

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Come out come out wherever you are
We had two persistent celebrity rumors confirmed this week. Rumors that could more be looked at as "open secrets", but they're not secrets any longer. Lindsay Lohan confirmed her romantic relationship with LA based club DJ Samantha Ronson. The same day, the cover of the new issue of People was leaked, which featured Clay Aiken with his newborn son and the headline, "yes, I'm gay". In the article, Clay explained his reasoning for choosing now to come out publicly, "I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things".

Speaking of the Clay exclusive, remember how Brad and Angie got around $10 million for the exclusive pictures of their twins just over the summer? Apparently economic woes have hit the tabloid industry too. Clay reportedly only got $500,000 for his pix.

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Fertility problems? Go swimming!
Apparently the reason that Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise never had any biological children was due to her fertility difficulties. So how to explain her giving birth to a healthy baby girl with Keith Urban? She claims that while filming a movie in her native Australia, she would go swimming at an Outback waterfall every day. She was joined by half a dozen other women on a regular basis. After the filming was over, apparently all the swimmers ended up pregnant. So Nicole is giving credit to the Australian Outback's "fertility waters".

I wonder what that will do for tourism.

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Quick Hits
* The new season of Dancing with the Stars premiered this week. The first two castoffs were comedian Jeffrey Ross and actor Ted McGinley.

* Happy 10 year anniversary to Harry Potter. It's hard to believe that there was actually a time when nobody had ever heard of a British boy who would go on to attend wizard school and fight the forces of evil.

* In a bit of a break from tradition, for the first time in 22 movies, the new James Bond flick won't include the lines, "Bond, James Bond" or "shaken, not stirred". Quantum of Solace hits theaters in November.

The Justin Files, 9/19 Weekly Wrap Up

The start of the lists
As we're getting closer to the end of the year, the annual "best of" lists are starting to come out. People came out with their 10 Best Dressed Women of 2008. On the list were a pair of Point artists, Rihanna and Fergie made the cut. Also among the fashion gifted, Kate Hudson, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Michelle Obama, among others.

A day later, Forbes came out with their list of the richest Americans. A number of entertainment industry insiders made the list, including Steven Speilberg, George Lucas and, of course, Oprah. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is sitting comfortably at #8 on the list. And the richest American? Act surprised...Bill Gates, who's worth $57 Billion. Believe it or not, that's actually down from last year!

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Famous New Jerseyans honored
Some famous Garden State natives are being honored by being nominated for the New Jersey Hall of Fame this year. Listed for possible inclusion are Jon Bon Jovi, Jack Nicholson, and Shaquille O'Neal among others. While there's no physical NJ HoF, you can visit their virtual location at www.njhalloffame.org

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Britney rides the wave
After the Democratic and Republican conventions, the candidates usually get a "bump" in the polls. Britney Spears is hoping the same is true following her successful MTV Video Music Awards haul. A few days later her record company announced the release date of her upcoming album, Circus is due out on her 27th birthday, December 2nd.

An appropriate name considering what her life's been like the past year or so.

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Quick Hits
* It looks like the duel of the Davids could enter round two this fall. David Cook has already announced November 18th as the release date for his debut CD. Now, David Archuleta has announced that his CD will hit store shelves in November, insiders are suggesting that he could also pick the 18th.

* Miley Cyrus apparently has a new beau. Last weekend the 15 year old entertainment mogul was spotted at an LA mall shopping and holding hands with a 20 year old underwear model. Don't get me wrong, 5 years isn't a big difference in the big picture, but can you at least wait till she's old enough to vote?

The Justin Files, 8/29 Weekly Wrap Up

Randy and Simon who?
Remember when we were wondering who this "Randy Jackson" and that "Simon Cowell" guys were, and now they're household names? Just keep that in mind when the new season of American Idol starts and Kara DioGuardi is introduced as the fourth judge. It'll now be two guys and two girls on the panel. For a little background, Kara DioGuardi is a grammy-nominated songwriter, she's written songs for Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Santana, Miley Cyrus, and many others.

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When Kid Rock speaks, people pay attention
Well, not normally, but the rocker actually had something pretty intelligent to say this week. When asked about his choice for president, he responded, "I truly believe people like myself. . .should keep their mouths shut on politics. . .at the end of the day let me tell you what I'm good at: I'm good at writing songs and singing - what I'm not educated in is the field of political science". John Voight, Jane Fonda, are you listening?

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Just kidding, guys!
Remember the other week when I told you about Tori Spelling dropping out of the new 90210 series because she found out that Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth would be making more than her? Apparently she's swallowed her pride and has quietly entered into talks with the producers on a new deal. I'm guessing reality set in when she got home and didn't find any voicemails offering great career opportunities.

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Quick Hits
* Mackenzie Phillips had a bad day at LAX this week. She was pulled aside after setting off a metal detector and apparently became uncooperative. It was at that point that baggies and balloons allegedly filled with heroin and cocaine fell out of her waistband. Officials also apparently found nearly three dozen syringes on her.

* I already reported the rumor that Johnny Depp could be playing The Riddler in the next Batman installment. This week another Batman casting rumor came out, and it's an interesting one. How would you feel about Cher as Catwoman?

* X-Files and Californication star David Duchovny has entered rehab. But it's not for drugs or alcohol, his reps confirm that he has entered treatment for sex addiction. The star released a statement asking for, "respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family".

The Justin Files, 8/22 Weekly Wrap Up

At least we don't have to suffer through corny nicknames anymore
Ever since Ben Afflek and Jennifer Lopez became a couple and were dubbed "Bennifer" oh those many years ago, we've had to deal with "Brangelina" and, most recently with John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston, "Janiston" (a bit of a stretch?). But no more, last week we had the rumors of their breakup, this week those rumors were confirmed. By who, you may ask. An anonymous "source", or worse, Perez Hilton? Surprisingly it was John himself who said, "I ended the relationship. . .because I don't want to waste somebody's time if something's not right" he went on to say that she is, "one of the most lovely people I've ever met".

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Hollywood people aren't all bad
Here's a touching story, you may recall that when Heath Ledger died he was in the middle of shooting a new movie. A trio of A-list stars stepped in to complete his role; Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell have all decided to donate their paychecks from the job to Heath's young daughter, Matilda. When the actor died he had apparently left behind an old will that did not include Matilda. The trio of actors felt that the money should rightfully go towards taking care of her. The director of the movie, Terry Gilliam, called the move, "extraordinary".

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Who's gonna be hoofing it next?
A source is claiming to have compiled a full list of the "stars" (and I use the term loosely with some of these people) who will be prancing on the next season of Dancing with the Stars. The list, allegedly, looks like this: Kim Kardashian, Lance Bass, Toni Braxton, Brooke Burke, Susan Lucci, Hannah Montana actor Cody Linley, actor Ted McGinley, Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath, 82 year old Cloris Leachman, Comedian Jeff Ross, of course you have to have a football player so they have apparently enlisted Warren Sapp, and they've gotten into the Olympic spirit with sprinter Maurice Green and newly minted gold medalist Misty May-Treanor.

Take the list with a grain of salt, but I'll be happy to say I told ya so if it's true when the actual contestants are announced on Monday.

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"Oh hey, about that movie..."
One of the bigger stories last week was the fact that Warner Brothers has decided to push the next installment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from it's planned November release to next July (conspicuously to the same weekend that The Dark Knight, another WB property, opened this Summer and made enough money to support a medium sized country). There's only one problem, the studio didn't bother to give the heads-up to Entertainment Weekly, which just happens to be a sister-division of parent company Time Warner, Inc. So EW went ahead and released their annual fall movie preview with the boy-wizard gracing the cover. Maybe the ole' company email was down that day.

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Quick Hits
* Phil Collins has set a new record in his homeland. It's not going to be one he'll brag about though, a British court has ordered he pay an unprecedented $46.76 million to his most recent ex-wife. That's $2 million more than Paul McCartney recently had to cough up to Heather Mills.

* Congrats to Point artists Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale, they welcomed a new baby boy to the family this morning. Giving Apple Martin and Coco Arquette a run for their money, the new bully target has reportedly been dubbed Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale.

* For the Sopranos fan in your family, check this out - The Sopranos: The Complete Series will feature all 86 episodes on 28 discs, two discs of bonus material, two soundtrack CDs, and a 56 page album. The whole thing weighs in at 10 pounds and will set you back $400. It'll be out, naturally, just in time for the holidays, on November 11th.